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Photocopies relating to the genealogy of Benjamin Williams III whose great grandfather Benjamin Williams (d. 1896) emigrated from Wales in 1853 to the United States and was one of the early Welsh settlers in Middle Granville, New York .

Photocopied press cuttings relating to the activities, 1982-2007, of Cymru Cuba and celebrations held to mark the 25th anniversary of solidarity between Wales and Cuba.

Photocopies of the diary of John Evan Price, born 1817 in Llandeilo'r-fân, Breconshire, and of the diary of Daniel E. Price, Missionary to Wales,1895-1897, resident of Samaria, Idaho, Malad Valley. The diaries were transcribed from the originals under the supervision of Esther J. Carpenter in 1960.

Photocopy of the family tree of the descendants of Griffith Thomas of Rock Farm, Begelly, Pembrokeshire, and of a document relating to Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd, a major Wales based iron, steel and tinplate producer, formed in 1945, and its industrial connections.

Photocopies of papers assembled by Neil Evans whilst researching the Senghennydd mining disaster, 1913, including transcripts of letters from Will Fisher, one of the rescue team, to his cousin; a diary ('the little black book') of the rescue work which inspired Luther Thomas to write his novel The Deep of the Earth (London,1956); together with book reviews and letters, 1966, from the author; and a photocopy of Rev Emlyn Stephens, History of Ebenezer English Baptist Church Senghenydd 1896-1946.

A copy of Barrie Williams's PhD thesis 'The Welsh Clergy 1558-1642' (Open University, 1998)

A copy of Angela Fish's M. Phil thesis 'Images of Welsh Women as Portrayed by Anglo-Welsh Novelists 1850-1985' (University of Glamorgan, 1995)

A copy of the National Archives's file, HO 144/22915, relating to the growth of the Welsh National Movement in Wales and how to use the royal family in order to try to impede this, 1939-1941.

An essay, written about 1913, by Dr. Hugh Jones, Liverpool, entitled 'A Scheme for the Diffusion of Knowledge of First Aid, Home Nursing, and Domestic Hygiene in Wales'.

Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Darlington, one of his Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales, including essays and articles, drafts of speeches and addresses, letters from Ellis Edwards, Tom Ellis, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, D. Silvan Evans, David Howell (Llawdden), J. Puleston Jones, Sir John Rhys, A. Neobard Palmer, and Hugh Williams, and press cuttings.

A composite volume written after 1818 and containing sermons by, and in the hand of, the Reverend Christmas Evans, Baptist minister, of Llangefni, etc.

A typescript work, The Monastic Houses of Wales and the Border by Robert Richards (1884-1954), MP for Wrexham, with autograph additions and corrections. For background material to this work see typescript schedule of Robert Richards Papers in NLW.

A typescript work, The Monastic Houses of Wales and the Border by Robert Richards (1884-1954), MP for Wrexham, with autograph additions and corrections. For background material to this work see typescript schedule of Robert Richards Papers in NLW.

A volume of hymn-tunes, [19 cent., second ½], including works by John Ambrose Lloyd (Emrys Llwyd, 1815-1874), Mold, Richard Mills (Rhydderch Hael, 1809-1844), Llanidloes, and John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt, 1822-1877), Aberystwyth, in the hand of J. Jones, with notes in Welsh and English and an alphabetical index of tunes.

Thesis: 'Welsh Agriculture 1815-1914' (University of London Ph.D.) by David Wesley Howell (typescript).

Llawysgrifau cerddorol yn tarddu o blas Llanofer, [1830x1871], yn cynnwys yn bennaf alawon gwerin, rhai gyda geiriau. Cofnodwyd rhai yn llaw Augusta Hall, Arglwyddes Llanofer (ff. 8-13), ac yn eu plith ceir alawon a gyhoeddwyd yng nghyfrol Maria Jane Williams, Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (Llandovery, 1844). = Music manuscripts originating from Llanover, [1830x1871], containing mainly folk tunes, some with words. Some are in the hand of Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover (ff. 8-13), and include tunes which were published in Maria Jane Williams, Ancient and National Airs of Gwent and Morganwg (Llandovery, 1844).
Nodir geiriau'r gân 'Agoriad y wawr' (f. 12 verso) yn llaw Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc'). = The words of 'Agoriad y wawr' (f. 12 verso) are in the hand of Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc').

A typescript, prepared for the press, of Iorwerth C. Peate's essay 'The Welsh House: a study in folk culture', published in Y Cymmrodor, 47 (1940).
The volume includes the title page, dedication and preface (ff. i-v), contents (f. vi), a list of illustrations (ff. vii-xxi; the illustrations are not included), the main text (ff. 1-254) and bibliography (ff. 255-275). There are some manuscript annotations and corrections, with a number of significant additions (ff. 11, 67, 154 verso, 163 verso, 179 and 249 verso). The printed version includes a few additional changes and an index. A revised edition was published in 1944.

A volume containing culinary and medicinal recipes collected by Mrs John Llewellin, [1850x1870], in which sources are named, dates sometimes given, and comments included on the quality of the resulting fare or remedy.

Letters, 1847-1873 and n.d., from Henry Griffiths of Brecon, Liverpool and Bowden, mainly relating to education in Wales and to the proposed Normal School at Brecon. One letter, 1854, contains adjudications in both Welsh and English by Griffiths on essays submitted for competition at an eisteddfod (see also a letter, 1854, relating to the adjudications), while another, 1862, to William Roberts, tutor at Brecon Independent College, relates to Griffiths's application for the Theological Chair at Carmarthen Presbyterian College.
Also included is a letter, 1889, from Samuel Job of Illinois; a letter, 1906, from Hugh Williams ('Hywel Cernyw') at Pontypridd; and a letter, 1928, from Caleb Lewis at Blaina, Monmouthshire. The last two letters relate to the Welsh periodicals of the time.

A volume, compiled [19 cent., first half], containing a number of homilies on moral and religious topics by an unidentified Quaker (inside front cover-f. 19); together with extracts from the manuscripts of John Kelsall, Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, comprising brief accounts, 1701-1712, of meetings of the Society of Friends, including those held at Dolobran and yearly meetings of the Society in Wales (ff. 19 verso-27).